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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.nosqlbench.nb.annotations;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.ServiceLoader;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+/**
+ * A service loader filter which works with {@link io.nosqlbench.nb.annotations.Service} to load a named service.
+ * This version requires the caller to provide the service loader instance, since it is now caller sensitive.
+ *
+ * Use it like this:
{@code
+ * ResultValueFilterType filterType =
+ * SelectorFilter.of("core", ServiceLoader.load(ResultValueFilterType.class)).get();
+ * }
+ *
+ * @param The service type
+ */
+public class ServiceSelector implements Predicate> {
+ private final String name;
+ private final ServiceLoader extends T> loader;
+
+ public ServiceSelector(String name, ServiceLoader extends T> loader) {
+ this.name = name;
+ this.loader = loader;
+ }
+
+ public static ServiceSelector of(String name, ServiceLoader extends T> loader) {
+ return new ServiceSelector<>(name, loader);
+ }
+
+ public static boolean matches(String name, ServiceLoader.Provider extends T> provider) {
+ Service annotation = provider.type().getAnnotation(Service.class);
+ if (annotation == null) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ return (annotation.selector().equals(name));
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean test(ServiceLoader.Provider extends T> provider) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ public T getOne() {
+ List extends T> services = getAll();
+ if (services.size() == 0) {
+ throw new RuntimeException("You requested exactly one instance of a service by name '" + name + "', but got " +
+ (services.stream().map(s -> s.getClass().getSimpleName())).collect(Collectors.joining(",")) + " (" + services.stream().count() + ")");
+ }
+ return services.get(0);
+ }
+
+ public List extends T> getAll() {
+ List extends T> services = loader
+ .stream()
+ .peek(l -> {
+ if (l.type().getAnnotation(Service.class) == null) {
+ throw new RuntimeException(
+ "Annotator services must be annotated with distinct selectors\n" +
+ "such as @Selector(\"myimpl42\")"
+ );
+ }
+ }
+ )
+ .filter(l -> l.type().getAnnotation(Service.class) != null)
+ .filter(l -> l.type().getAnnotation(Service.class).selector().equals(name))
+ .map(ServiceLoader.Provider::get)
+ .toList();
+ return services;
+ }
+
+ public Optional extends T> get() {
+ List extends T> services = getAll();
+ if (services.size() == 1) {
+ return Optional.of(services.get(0));
+ }
+ if (services.size()==0) {
+ throw new RuntimeException("No services were found for '" + name + "'.");
+ }
+ throw new RuntimeException("You requested exactly one instance of a service by name '" + name + "', but got " +
+ (services.stream().map(s -> s.getClass().getSimpleName())).collect(Collectors.joining(",")) + " (" + services.stream().count() + ")");
+
+
+ }
+}